Original U.S. WWII M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Helmet with CAPAC Liner and Net Bayonets The shell is maker marked

The shell is maker marked with a stamping on the underside of the rim that read FS 64

5-inch (622 mm) torpedoes at Bismarck whilst zig-zagging across her bow

The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive launched towards the end of World War II through the forested Ardennes Mountains region of Belgium

who would become the last surviving American veteran of World War I

It was still the theater where some of the best guys in the Squadron were to make the supreme sacrifice on the day the world rejoiced because Germany had surrendered

Original U.S. WWII M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Helmet with CAPAC Liner and Net Bayonets The shell is maker markedOriginal Item: Only One Available. In World War II the production of the M1 helmet began in June 1941 and ceased in September 1945. The total production of M 1 helmet shells during the war reached 22,000,000. Of these about 20,000,000 were produced by the main contractor McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit. Although McCord was supposed to be the single source of M 1 helmet shells, by the summer of 1942 a second company was enlisted to